Israeli Hero David Stern Returns Home
I found this video of David Stern’s return home from the hospital to his children very moving. For those of you who haven’t heard the story of this soft-spoken ex-marine who shot back at the terrorist who tried to murder him, here is the Times of Israel’s report from right after the attack:
David Stern, an Israeli-American man shot and badly injured on Sunday in a Palestinian terror attack, said Tuesday that it was a “miracle” that he managed to return fire and survive the attack.
Stern, a resident of the Itamar settlement in the northern West Bank, said he was driving with his wife on Route 60 through the Palestinian town of Huwara on their way to Jerusalem, when he stopped to give the right of way to a pedestrian, who then pulled out a gun and fired.
“I noticed he was blocking one hand in a very suspicious way,” Stern recalled from his hospital bed. “I immediately reached for my handgun, the terrorist turned toward us, and we started shooting, almost at the same time.”
Stern, a former US Marine, said that after he fired about 10 shots at his attacker, the latter fled. Stern drove a few hundred meters, stopped, and started bandaging himself before an ambulance arrived.
He was taken to the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikvah in serious condition, but was later upgraded to moderate-to-serious. His wife was also taken to a hospital suffering from traumatic shock. She was not hit by the gunfire.
Stern on Tuesday thanked God, as well as the Israeli people “for the prayers and the support.”
